Does sex influence the prognosis of laryngeal cancer? A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Affiliations

• ¹ Young Confederation of European ORL-HNS, Y-CEORL-HNS, Vienna, Austria; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital "Santa Maria Della Misericordia", Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASUFC), Udine, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4, 20090 Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy; Otorhinolaryngology Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, MI, Italy.
• ³ Young Confederation of European ORL-HNS, Y-CEORL-HNS, Vienna, Austria; Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, University of Catania, Italy; Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Enna Kore, 94100 Enna, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, Luigi Vanvitelli University Hospital, Naples, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
• ⁷ Unit of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy; Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, University of Catania, Italy.
• ¹¹ Department of ENT Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
• ¹² Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, SG1 4AB Stevenage, UK.
• ¹³ Young Confederation of European ORL-HNS, Y-CEORL-HNS, Vienna, Austria; Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, SG1 4AB Stevenage, UK.
• ¹⁴ Young Confederation of European ORL-HNS, Y-CEORL-HNS, Vienna, Austria; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.